books.google.com - Sexual abuse of minors and vulnerable adults by Catholic clergy burst onto the American scene in 1984. Revelations about such abuse since then have confirmed that this tragedy is not limited to the U.S. Catholic Church, nor is it a new phenomenon that grew out of so-called secularizing trends of the...http://books.google.com/books/about/Sex_Priests_and_Secret_Codes.html?id=m-9pkCF_5NMC&q=legislation&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareSex, Priests, and Secret Codes